Important Changes to Excelsior Business Degrees

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I received the following email from Excelsior today and, although assumably all registered business students will also receive it, I wanted to get the word out along with some additional information I received re. accreditation and the BGB degree:

Dear Student:

In order to reflect current practice at other business schools, we will be
changing the titles of our BS in Business degrees. Effective July 1, 2008,
the ten separate degrees will be consolidated into one BS in Business
degree with the same common core, but with ten concentrations. For
example: the BS degree in Marketing will now be the BS in Business with a
Marketing concentration. There will be no changes in current degree
requirements at this time. (This title change does not pertain to the BS
in Accounting/New York State CPA Track degrees.)

The above title changes will go into effect on July 1, 2008, for students
who enroll on or after that date. Students currently enrolled will have
until June 30, 2009, to receive their current degrees. All students who
enrolled prior to July 1, 2008, and have not received their degrees by
June 30, 2009, will be transferred into the program with the new title on
July 1, 2009.

If you have further questions, please contact one of your academic advisors
via this mailbox, or by calling the number below.

Sincerely,
The Business Advising Team

This left me with one question: What will the Bachelor of Science in General Business become? Answer: "Bachelor of Science in Business", period. I received that information from Sandy on the business team. Additionally I checked on the pending IACBE accreditation for the business program and it appears that it has been approved--although there has been no announcement as of today and their status is still showed as "pending" on the IACBE web site. While not as prestigious as the AACSB, it's better than nothing and I, for one, given the choice, would prefer the extra accreditation. Now I have to decide--do I prefer a BS in General Business or a BS in Business. Any thoughts out there?